[Cthomas]

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your thoughts!

Yes, I could just make the document size bigger. However, I often find myself creating hundreds of shapes in Illustrator and then doing the very quick apple+c, apple+n, apple+v, apple+s to make each shape their own documents. Having to re-size each document to the correct size could add some significant time to my production process.

I guess I’m just looking for a way to turn this new feature off, if possible. To be honest, I’m not sure what the benefits of cropping to a document size really are. I guess I can see how some people may like having extra information in their Illustrator file that isn’t imported in to AE… but I don’t work like that. 🙂

If there’s no solution, though.. I may have to learn!

Thanks,
Chris

[Cthomas]

I tried a similar approach, but am looking to create variable heights (like mountains and valleys) to create a (fairly) accurate map of North America.

Thanks for the suggestion, though! 🙂

Chris

[Cthomas]

Hey Noah,

I did find that site, but have absolutely no idea how to obtain the data I need from it. I’ve found lots of data on NASA’s website, but it seems to be in a format that I have no way of decoding. I wish it was as simple as: “here’s a DEM file of North America!” or “hey; how about a low-poly obj file? Click here to download!” 🙂

Anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris